Wheels, Clocks, and Rockets A History of Technology [Paperback]

As technology transforms our lives at an ever quickening rate, Donald Cardwell reminds us that technological innovation is not created in a vacuumrather, it is the product of the successful interaction between social change, scientific developments, and political vision. In this wide-ranging, spirited ( A prime example of how to write a history of an immense and technical subject ....a winner.